Sisak v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Peeident Judge Crumlish,

A Pennsylvania Unemployment Compensation referee awarded benefits to Theodore ¡Sisak. The Board reversed on the basis of willful misconduct.1 We affirm.

*368Sisak was a United States Postal Service employee for 13 years. Subsequent to a verbal confrontation with his immediate supervisor (Mr. Nickler), Sisak sent a threatening letter to a superior in the Postal Service.2

Sisak was advised of his removal for threatening a supervisor and denied unemployment compensation as a result of his willful misconduct.

Sisak argues that his actions not only lacked the requisite…